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Standard Two: Instructional Leadership
School executives set high standards for the professional practice of 21st century instruction and assessment that result in a no nonsense accountable environment. The school executive must be knowledgeable of best instructional and school practices and must use this knowledge to cause the creation of collaborative structures within the school for the design of highly engaging schoolwork for students, the on-going peer review of this work, and the sharing of this work throughout the professional community.


Related Coursework and Training
  • Schooling by Design Training
  • Understanding by Design Training
  • FIZZ: Flipped Classroom Training
  • Elementary, Middle, and High School Developmental Projects
  • Visit to South Johnston High School (Four Oaks, NC)

Related Readings
  • The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
  • Reframing Organizations by Bolman & Deal
  • Teach Like A Champion by Doug Lemov
  • Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work by Dufour, Dufour, and Eaker

Standard 2a: Focus on Learning and Teaching, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Proficient: Works with others to systematically focus on the alignment of learning, teaching, curriculum, instruction, and assessment to maximize student learning; helps organize targeted opportunities for teachers to learn how to teach their subjects well with engaging lessons; utilizes multiple sources of data, including the Teacher Working Conditions Survey, for the improvement of instruction.

Activities:

  • Worked with teachers to determine what they needed for Professional Development
  • Used teacher responses and walk through data to create a master schedule of Professional Development for 2nd Semester.

Artifacts:



Google Form for Professional Development Needs


Master Schedule for Professional Development



Standard 2b: Focus on Instructional Time

Proficient: Adheres to legal requirements for planning and instructional time; reviews scheduling processes and protocols that maximize staff input and address diverse student learning needs

Activities:

  • Participated as representative on the district's Calendar Committee for 2013-2014; assisted in building the district calendar for the 2013-14 school year, discussed legal and testing requirements, etc.
  • Assisted with student scheduling & placement in the spring by discussing with the administrative team the results of the teacher-completed student scheduling profiles
  • Worked with administration and staff to create a new master schedule for the 2014-2015 school year.

Artifacts:

Flipped Classroom Presentation



Tardy Notice for Teachers to submit


Master Schedule Proposal
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